Politics

Republican presidential candidates seem free to bend, twist and shred the truth at will—for instance, take the free-for-all CNBC debate. They all got away with prevaricating about themselves, their policies and their opponents.

"This means a halt to all new fossil fuel development now, and it means a rejection of dangerous false solutions like market-based emissions trading programs."

Reworking great poetry in the service of satire, here with all the formality of a Shakespeare-style sonnet. Only satire captures the full absurdity of the bizarre election cycle, starring a fraudulent, unqualified TV celebrity in full disruption of a national party that started with Lincoln. Humor trumps befuddlement, as it were, at least this week.

If we wish to have the change needed inside of this empire, beginning with the election of our representatives, we need to take ALL PRIVATE MONEY OUT OF POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS!

"We need Medicare for All. In fact, we needed Medicare for All yesterday."

The Democrats aren’t going after the real issues. They’re looking for something else – the Democratic establishment.

Imagine an opposition political party in a land being taken over by an oligarchy, headed by a would-be tyrant.

The Supreme Court is expected to hand down its decision in the three cases by early next summer.

Climate change is real, and it is worsening. That it should play a central role in the U.S. elections is undebatable.

Like lemmings running over the cliff of reason, our fellow American dopes may never learn!